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. 2022 May 23;15(4):1126–1133. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00694-9

Table 4.

Interactions with the white ABA community and social media

Question n %
Most frequently used social media platform
  Facebook 80 78.4
  Instagram 85 83.3
  Twitter 32 31.4
  Snapchat 21 20.6
  Tik Tok 15 14.7
  Youtube 37 36.3
New contact initiated from the white behavior analytic community in the past six weeks
  I received many new contact initiations in the past six weeks (3 or more) 25 24.3
  I received a few new contact initiations in the past six weeks (1-2) 30 29.1
  I did not receive any new contact initiations in the past six weeks 48 46.6
Frequency of white ABA professional contacts to discuss racism prior to police brutality
  Regularly contacted to discuss racism 1 1
  Occasionally contacted to discuss racism 6 5.8
  Seldom contacted to discuss racism 24 23.3
  Never contacted to discuss racism 72 69.9
Requests to engage in tasks related to racism in the past six weeks
  Answer questions about racism 24 24
  Provide learning resources 21 21
  Lead diversity, equity, and inclusion trainings 23 23
  Review/edit a statement 14 14
  Participate in a podcast 13 13
Follow-up received after participation in a podcast
  I received a check in follow up about my mental/emotional health 6 7.4
  I received a follow-up about continued collaboration or future projects 9 11.1
  I did NOT receive a follow-up from the host(s) 9 11.1
Comfort discussing information on a podcast 16 15.8
  Hesitant to discuss information 10 55.5
  Not hesitant to discuss any information 8 44.4
Comfort providing educational resources to the white ABA community
  Comfortable providing educational resources 28 82.3
  Not comfortable providing educational resources 6 17.6
Comfort answering questions from the white ABA community
  Comfortable answering questions 23 56.1
  Not comfortable answering questions 18 43.9
Comfort editing a statement
  Comfortable editing a statement 12 50
  Not comfortable editing a statement 12 50